All yoke synonyms
yoke
Y y noun yoke
- oppression β the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- burden β If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- bondage β Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
- encumbrance β A burden or impediment.
- drag β drag and drop
- load β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- annoyance β Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
- repression β the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- bond β A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- chain β A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- coupling β A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- enslavement β The action of making someone a slave; subjugation.
- knot β either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- ligament β Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligature β the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- nexus β a means of connection; tie; link.
- peonage β the condition or service of a peon.
- serfdom β a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- service β Robert W(illiam) 1874β1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- servility β slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- servitude β slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
- slavery β the condition of a slave; bondage.
- tie β to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- helotry β serfdom; slavery.
verb yoke
- associate β If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- attach β If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
- bracket β If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.
- buckle β A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- combine β If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- conjoin β If two or more things conjoin or if you conjoin them, they are united and joined together.
- conjugate β When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- connect β If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- couple β If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- harness β the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- hitch β to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- splice β to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- strap β a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- tack β a lease, especially on farmland.
- unite β to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- wed β to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.